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    Sweet Diamond Cuts Recipe

    Last Updated On: Sep 19, 2024 by Aarthi

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    Diamond Cuts Recipe is also known as maida biscuits or diamond cuts. This is made with a simple dough which is cut like a diamond and deep fried. You can make this into sweet diamond cuts or spicy diamond cuts. This recipe is for sweet diamond cuts which are fried and coated in sugar syrup which makes crispy and crunchy snack for Diwali or other special occasions. In this recipe post, Learn how to make sweet diamond cuts with step by step pictures and video. 

    Sweet Diamond Cuts Recipe

    Sweet Diamond Cuts

    Looking for easy and fast snack ideas for Diwali, I would say this is the recipe. I made it in minutes and it tasted so good. This is a sweet diamond cut recipe, I have already shared a spicy version before. This is a crispy fried snack, which is coated in a sugar syrup. 

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    • About Diamond Cuts (Sweet)
    • Watch Sweet Diamond Cuts Video
    • Sweet Diamond Cuts Ingredients 
    • Spicy Diamond Cuts Recipe
    • How to Make Sweet Diamond Cuts (Stepwise Pictures)
    • Expert Tips
    • FAQ
    • 📖 Recipe Card

    Once you add the fried diamonds into the sugar syrup, I like to toss it really well on high heat which cooks really well, to create a sugary crust over them. Some people add powdered sugar to the fried dough, but I prefer it this way. It is more tasty.

    Table of Contents

    • About Diamond Cuts (Sweet)
    • Watch Sweet Diamond Cuts Video
    • Sweet Diamond Cuts Ingredients 
    • Spicy Diamond Cuts Recipe
    • How to Make Sweet Diamond Cuts (Stepwise Pictures)
    • Expert Tips
    • FAQ
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Sweet Diamond Cuts Recipe

    About Diamond Cuts (Sweet)

    Diamond cuts recipe, is made with plain flour, salt, ghee and water. It is one of the easy and popular snack recipe from Southern part of India. This is called as diamond cuts, maida biscuits or kala kala. This recipe can be made sweet or spicy deepening on the ingredients you use. This recipe can be made as evening snack to serve with a cup of coffee or tea, or you can make this for Diwali, Krishna Jayanthi or any special occasions.

    Diamond cut dough is made with plain flour, salt, ghee and water. Depending on the version you are making, you add spice powders or sugar. If you are making spicy diamond cuts, chilli powder, asafoetida, cumin seeds or ajwain is added. Similar recipes to this is shakarpara.

    Sweet diamond cuts is made with the same dough. Once the diamonds are fried, it is either coated in sugar syrup or dusted with powdered sugar. I prefer coating them in sugar syrup which creates a thick sugary coating and stays crispy longer. In my opinion coating the fried diamond cuts in powdered sugar can make them soggy and make the sugar sticky as it sits. 

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    Watch Sweet Diamond Cuts Video

    YouTube video

    Sweet Diamond Cuts Ingredients 

    Sweet Diamond Cuts ingredients

    All Purpose Flour - I used plain flour or refined flour for making the dough. If you want, you can use wheat flour instead of plain flour. The texture might vary a little, but it will still be delicious. 

    Salt - even though this is sweet version, a small pinch of salt is added in the dough for flavour and taste. 

    Ghee or Butter - I add a little bit of ghee, butter, or oil is added into the dough which shortcrust the dough and makes it crispy when frying. 

    Water - the dough for diamond cuts has to be stiff and not soft. Stiff dough makes crispy diamond cuts while soft dough makes it slightly soggy. 

    Sugar - Once the diamonds are fried, it is either coated in sugar syrup or dusted with powdered sugar. I prefer coating them in sugar syrup which creates a thick sugary coating and stays crispy longer. In my opinion coating the fried diamond cuts in powdered sugar can make them soggy and make the sugar sticky as it sits. 

    Oil - always use neutral oil which is flavourless like refined oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil. 

    Spicy Diamond Cuts Recipe

    Spicy Diamond Cuts Recipe
    close look of Sweet Diamond Cuts

    How to Make Sweet Diamond Cuts (5 Easy Steps)

    Making Dough - Take flour, salt, ghee in a bowl and rub with your fingers till it resembles a coarse crumb. Add water slowly and knead to a dough. Let it rest for 30 mins or so.

    Rolling & Cutting - Now take a small portion of dough and roll it little thin. Now cut it into small diamond shape.

    Frying - Heat oil for deep frying, drop the diamond in hot oil and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.

    Sugar Syrup - Now make the syrup. Heat sugar and water in a pan, mix well till sugar is melted, now boil it and cook till two string consistency. It will be thick.

    Coating Diamond Cuts - Now add the fried diamond cuts in this and coat it well. As it cools the sugar will harden. Cool this completely and store it in an air tight container. This stays good for 2 weeks.

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    fried maida diamond cuts coated in sugar syrup

    How to Make Sweet Diamond Cuts (Stepwise Pictures)

    Making Dough

    1)take plain flour in a bowl. If you wish to use wheat flour, you can use whole wheat flour too.

    plain flour in a bowl

    2)Add some salt into the dough. Even though this is a sweet recipe, you need to add a pinch of salt. Mix the salt evenly into flour.

    add salt to plain flour for making Sweet Diamond Cuts

    3)Add in a spoon of ghee, butter or oil.

    add ghee to flour

    4)Rub the ghee into the flour using your hands. This technique is called as shortcrust.

    rub ghee into the flour

    5)The mixture resembled breadcrumbs like texture.

    flour looking like breadcrumbs like texture

    6)Now pour in enough water to make a stiff dough. Knead the dough for at least 5 minutes.

    add water for making Sweet Diamond Cuts dough

    7)The dough has to be stiff and smooth. Cover the dough with a lid or damp cloth and allow it to rest for 30 minutes.

    Sweet Diamond Cuts dough

    Rolling & Cutting Diamond Cuts

    8)Take a portion of dough on a work surface and roll it using a rolling pin.

    Sweet Diamond Cuts dough placed in cutting board

    9)Roll it thin, if you roll it too thick, then the fried diamond cuts will be chewy.

    roll dough into chapati like

    10)Once the dough is rolled, use a pizza cutter or knife to cut into small diamonds.

    cutting dough using pizza cutter

    11)Now the dough is cut into diamonds.

    dough cut into diamond like shapes

    12)You can easily remove it with your hands. For more crispy texture, you can allow them to air dry for few hours.

    diamond shaped dough

    Frying Diamond Cuts

    13)Use a spatula to remove the cut diamond cuts.

    remove dough using spatula

    14)Add the diamond cuts in hot oil and fry till golden brown.

    fry dough in hot oil

    15)Now the diamond cuts is fried till crispy and golden brown.

    golden brown fried diamond cuts

    16)Strain the fried diamond cuts into a bowl. This taste delicious as it is.

    fried Sweet Diamond Cuts

    Sugar Syrup

    17)Take sugar and water in a pan. Heat on medium high heat till sugar melts.

    sugar and water in a pan for sugar syrup

    18)Cook sugar and water till it gets super thick. It has to get nearly 2 string consistency.

    sugar syrup thickened till 2 string consistency

    19)As you can see the sugar syrup is thick.

    sugar syrup 2 string consistency shown

    Coating Diamond Cuts in syrup

    20)Add the fried diamond cuts in the sugar syrup and keep tossing in the syrup so the sugar syrup coats each diamond cuts.

    fried diamond added in sugar syrup

    21)As you keep coating the diamond cuts the sugar will harden over the fried.

    sugar coated diamond cuts

    22)Now it has coated well. Remove this to a tray and allow it to cool. As it cools the sugar will harden even more creating a thick coating over the diamond cuts.

    Sweet Diamond Cuts

    23)Serve.

    Sweet Diamond Cuts served

    Expert Tips

    • You can use wheat flour instead of refined flour. For even better texture, use half wheat flour and half refined flour.
    • Using ghee, butter in flour when kneading the dough gives crispy flavour and texture when frying.
    • If you don’t bother making sugar syrup, you can just add few spoons of icing sugar or powdered sugar to the fried diamond cuts. 
    • You can flavour the sugar syrup with some cardamom.
      Chopped fried nuts like cashews, almonds can be added to the sweet diamond cuts. 

    Storage and Serving

    Sweet diamond cuts can be stored in an air tight container for 2 to 3 days. Enjoy sweet diamond cuts with a cup of green tea or black coffee.

    FAQ

    1)How to make spicy diamond cuts?

    To plain flour, add chilli powder, asafoetida, cumin seeds or ajwain seeds, sesame seeds and make it into a dough. Roll the dough and cut into diamonds. Fry the diamond cuts till crispy. This is how you make spicy diamond cuts. 

    2)Can I add sugar into the dough to sweeten it?

    Yes you can add ¼ cup of powdered sugar into the dough. This way the diamond cuts will be mildly sweet. 

    3)What can I use instead of sugar syrup?

     Once the diamonds are fried, it is either coated in sugar syrup or dust with powdered sugar. 

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    Sweet Diamond Cuts Recipe

    Diamond Cuts Recipe is also known as maida biscuits or diamond cuts. This is made with a simple dough which is cut like a diamond and deep fried. You can make this into sweet diamond cuts or spicy diamond cuts. This recipe is for sweet diamond cuts which are fried and coated in sugar syrup which makes crispy and crunchy snack for Diwali or other special occasions. In this recipe post, Learn how to make sweet diamond cuts with step by step pictures and video. 
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 servings
    Calories: 162kcal

    Equipment

    • Mixing Bowl
    • Chakla and Rolling Pin
    • Pizza Cutter or Knife
    • Deep Frying pot & Slotted Spoon

    Ingredients

    • Oil for Deep Frying

    For Diamond Cuts Dough

    • 1 cup All Purpose Flour / Maida
    • ½ tsp Salt
    • 1 tbsp Ghee or Butter
    • Water as needed

    For Making Sugar Syrup

    • ½ cup Sugar
    • ¼ cup Water

    Instructions

    • Take flour, salt, ghee in a bowl and rub with your fingers till it resembles a coarse crumb. Add water slowly and knead to a dough. Let it rest for 30 mins or so.
    • Now take a small portion of dough and roll it little thin. Now cut it into small diamond shape.
    • Heat oil for deep frying, drop the diamond in hot oil and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.
    • Now make the syrup. Heat sugar and water in a pan, mix well till sugar is melted, now boil it and cook till two string consistency. It will be thick.
    • Now add the fried diamond cuts in this and coat it well. As it cools the sugar will harden. Cool this completely and store it in a air tight container. This stays good for 2 weeks..

    Video

    YouTube video

    Notes

    • You can use wheat flour instead of refined flour. For even better texture, use half wheat flour and half refined flour.
    • Using ghee, butter in flour when kneading the dough gives crispy flavour and texture when frying.
    • If you don’t bother making sugar syrup, you can just add few spoons of icing sugar or powdered sugar to the fried diamond cuts.
    • You can flavour the sugar syrup with some cardamom.
      Chopped fried nuts like cashews, almonds can be added to the sweet diamond cuts.

    Storage and Serving

    Sweet diamond cuts can be stored in an air tight container for 2 to 3 days. Enjoy sweet diamond cuts with a cup of green tea or black coffee.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1servings | Calories: 162kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 195mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    1. Pavithra Rao

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      Hi Aarthy,
      I usually use to add sugar powder in dough itself and after reading this method I tried it. I just love this way,. Instead of diwali snack it became evening snack at my home.

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    2. Jo Khoo

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      Dear Aarthy,

      I have yet to try your recipes but they do all look so yummy. I will definitely try them as we love Indian food.
      Thank you for sharing your recipes.

      : ) Josephine

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    3. Jo Khoo

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      @Pavithra Rao

      Hi Pavithra,

      How much icing sugar do you add to the dough?

      Thank you

      : ) Josephine

      Reply
    4. Anonymous

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      hi aarthi can we make this using wheat flour will it taste good

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    5. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes it will taste good with wheat flour too

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    6. Anonymous

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      Superb it came very nicely

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    7. Anonymous

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      I had been searching online for the sugar syrup coated maids chips and finally found it in your blog. This recipe is so authentic. This reminds me of my mom's preparation. Thank u very much for the step by step pics.

      Reply
    8. Anonymous

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      Can u tell me quantity of flour in grams

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    9. Anonymous

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      Very yummy sweet ..thanks for sharing

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    10. Ratha Thamodharan

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      I tried your sweet diamond cuts snack and it turned out well. Thanks

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    11. Betsy

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      5 stars
      Hi
      The biscuits came out so tasty. Thanks for the recipe. I used atta instead of maida for a healthy twist. Is there any way I can bake these biscuits before adding them to the sugar syrup. If yes baking time please. Iam an avid follower of your baking recipes and have successfully recreated a couple. Thanks for everything

      Reply
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